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Meanings of tumulus in English

Portuguese
mâmoa
Catalan
tumul
Spanish
túmulo

(Archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs.

        mâmoa
        Russian
        тумулус
        Portuguese
        tumuli
        Spanish
        tumulario
        Catalan
        túmul

        Mound of earth and stones raised over graves.

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              тумулус
              Usage of tumulus in English
              1
              Not the to-morrow of the tumulus, the hour of the sunshine now.
              The Story of My Heart: An Autobiography
              2
              Moreover, the Watchstone is equidistant from the ring and from the tumulus.
              Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders
              3
              We made our way to the tumulus of Achilles, some distance away.
              Helen of troy
              4
              Then they slew his horse and his wife, and raised the tumulus.
              Tales of the Wilderness
              5
              Their real world was the place of burial,-thegrave, the tumulus.
              Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
              6
              They went along by the hill; the tumulus was left behind.
              Tales of the Wilderness
              7
              Here this moment, by this tumulus, on earth, now; I exist in it.
              The Story of My Heart: An Autobiography
              8
              It is covered by a tumulus nearly 200 feet in diameter.
              Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders
              9
              The tumulus of Achilles was only a short distance from the Greek ships.
              Helen of troy
              10
              On returning homewards towards Eastbourne stay awhile by the tumulus on the slope.
              Nature Near London
              11
              But the tumulus excited more attention, and I was requested to examine it.
              What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
              12
              The Celtic dolmen and cromlech, the Etruscan tumulus, the Hebrew galgal, are words.
              Notre-Dame de Paris
              13
              The tumulus near Mersyn, the port of Tarsus, was plainly visible.
              The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si...
              14
              While we had been at the tumulus, soldiers had been readying the beach.
              Helen of troy
              15
              In the centre was a hillock or tumulus, surmounted by a scorched hawthorn.
              The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
              16
              In the centre was a hillock or tumulus, surmounted by a sorched hawthorn.
              The Time Machine
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